Series 3 currently has a handful of games left to play, the finals will then go into the system immediately and the nature of (the) finalists mean we shouldn't get many delays in crowning our new champion.

Will then start sign-ups for Series 4. I would hope to close them as soon as possible (based on number of signups being approximately to a similar level as previous series). Hopefully at this point the tournament landscape will be cool for starting playing.

For now consider this thread a means to make any suggestions, comments or criticisms about how series 3 has gone so far or how you'd like series 4 to.

Obviously I aim to be a little more punctual and organised with each series, that's my main goal. I think the current time limit (7 days + 2 timeout) has worked pretty well, and I don't think anyone who ended up getting timed out would be angry about the way it happened or indeed would have been likely to play with a longer time limit.

If anything I would look at a shorter time limit. In most cases people could've played faster than they did because they relied on running into their opponent rather than fixing a time. Provided you state the limit clearly at the start, no one can feel too aggrieved, and it's to the benefit of everyone else to keep things ticking over.

I would also automatically eliminate and skip anyone who hasn't logged in for a month when their time comes up.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I joined apterous midway through .03 so I'm not sure exactly how these things work: can I apply for this series, even though I was in .03? Or do you have to sit out a series?

Yeah they aren't regular enough (mostly the fact I'm not organised enough, partly just the way tournament setup takes much longer than planned) so each series is open entry to all, regardless of the participation or result (at one point I mooted "finalists excluded for the next series") in the previous one.

I'd say 5 days would be fair. Chances are then if you're only a weekend player, you'll still have a day to get it done in - also I'm pretty sure if someone said to you "I'm in the office all week and won't be on - can I play it on Saturday" you're not going to be too ruthless a tyrant.